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April 16, 2008 by Dave Bonta

Cool morning of a day forecast to be warm. The sun turns daffodils, red maple blossoms, and the silver fur of the willow into stained glass.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags daffodils
April 10, 2008 by Dave Bonta

Clear at sunrise, bright orange spreading across the field. One of the daffodil buds in my yard looks ready to open: a broad yellow seam.

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  • March 18, 2025
    A degree or two below freezing at dawn. The flat-tire moon fades into obscurity in the middle of a cloudless sky. The ridge turns red.
  • March 18, 2024
    Blue above the cloud bank blocking the sunrise. At the woods’ edge, white-breasted nuthatches are having a free and frank exchange of views.
  • March 18, 2023
    The sun guttering below a lid of utility-gray cloud illuminates a small flotilla of snowflakes. It’s quiet apart from one, highly excited wren.
  • March 18, 2022
    Sun climbing through the trees into a cloudless sky. A second male phoebe has joined the first, which means three times more phoebeing.
  • March 18, 2021
    A dark morning; the ridges disappear into fog. A Carolina wren’s call is barely audible over the rain’s deafening hush.

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